Retail Seller Application  

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Membership in the Vintage Fashion Guild (VFG) is open to experienced professionals in the vintage fashion industry including, but not limited to: sellers, stylists, designers, fashion editors, curators, researchers, historians and librarians of fashion history.

Annual Dues: $35 USD

The following is a list of Membership Guidelines for sellers who sell via a Brick & Mortar store, vintage fairs, or antique markets. We review each applicant individually.

Membership Guidelines:

- 1 year or more vintage selling experience

- Majority ratio of selling vintage fashion (includes clothing, accessories, jewelry, linens, patterns, etc.)

-Applicants will be held to the VFG Code of Practice which can be found by clicking here or under  "Who We Are" on the menu to the left.  Please read this carefully before you submit your application.

We Require

- Photos of your store (including full exterior including signage, special displays, departments, general displays such as jewelry cabinets, shoe or hat departments, or any other special features which you feel make your store unique)

- Scans of any newspaper advertisements, articles, or reviews about your store.

Please use the Personal Statement form to let us know what your qualifications are and why you would like to be a member. This is also a great place to let us know what you would, as a member, have to offer the VFG such as marketing skills, web tech support, research, etc.

In the Supporting Credentials box, please provide a detailed summary of the extent of your vintage knowledge including your field of
expertise, how you acquired your knowledge and any
references that you feel would support your stated
experience.

Note: Complete contact information including a full address
and phone number is required. Applications without this
information will not be considered. If you have trouble filling in any information, just use any box to submit this information.

 

Information about your application, including notification of it being accepted or declined, will be sent from memberships@vintagefashionguild.org so please supply us with a VALID email address. If you use a spam filter of any kind, please add this address to your filter's whitelist (a list of acceptable addresses) or to your contacts files. This should allow these messages to be received by your email service.  If possible, give an email address other than AOL since AOL sometimes blocks our mail.

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Retail Seller Application             * indicates required fields

Name:*

Trading Name:*

Address:*

Address (2nd line):

Region:*

Country:*

State (USA only):*

City & Zip/Post:*

Phone Number:
(please include country code and area code)

Email Address:*

PayPal Email Address:
(if different from above)

Website URL:

Date Store Opened:

How did you hear about the VFG?

Please list other vintage related forums or groups you belong to:

Do you have a specialty? Give the Era or type (i.e. Victorian, 1950s, Dresses, Shoes, 1960s, etc.) :

How long have you been a vintage clothing seller?*

Personal statement - Please tell us why you would like to be a member of the Vintage Fashion Guild: * Put Phone # here if unable to before.

Supporting Credentials:
Please identify your field of expertise, how you acquired your knowledge, what your plans are for your retail space in the future, and any references that you feel would support your stated experience. Also include any information about your business involvement in your community.

If accepted for membership, what is your preferred user log-in name? *

Send all photos and scans to memberships@vintagefashionguild.org  via a separate email following your application submission. Please state the applicant's name in the subject line.

NOTE: The VFG holds the right to contact its members, registrants, and applicants via email, but does not share their member list with any third party.

Applications for Membership will be reviewed and researched by the Membership Committee and the Board of Directors. The VFG reserves the right to deny any applicant. We also hold the right to terminate a membership should the member not adhere to the rules and regulations of the VFG or if their selling practices endanger the reputation of the VFG and its members. Rules (will open in new window).

Additionally, if a member changes their selling practices so as to not meet our membership guidelines, or discontinues selling vintage clothing we reserve the right to terminate or not renew membership. In this event, membership dues would be returned on a pro rata basis.

Membership dues are $35 per annum and are only payable on acceptance into the Vintage Fashion Guild, when you will be advised how to make payment.

Membership of the VFG is allotted per person and cannot be regarded as a shared or group membership. Members are prohibited from sharing their membership access with others. If your business is a partnership, each partner must apply for membership separately.

Only applications filled out in their entirety will be considered.
Please allow 7-10 days for your application to be processed.
Questions can be directed to: memberships@vintagefashionguild.org  

Disclaimer: The Vintage Fashion Guild is an educational resource available to all ages. Applicants featuring websites with adult content matter or adult only links cannot be considered.